se tenir

pronominal verb

1. (avoir lieu) (réunion, événement)

b. to take place

2. (être) (personne)

a. to stand

Il se tenait près de la porte.He was standing by the door.

Collins French Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2023

Conjugations

Participles

Present:	se tenant
Past:	tenu , tenue

Indicative of "se tenir"

Irregularities are in red

	Present	Imperfect	Future	Past Historic
je	me tiens	me tenais	me tiendrai	me tins
tu	te tiens	te tenais	te tiendras	te tins
il/elle	se tient	se tenait	se tiendra	se tint
nous	nous tenons	nous tenions	nous tiendrons	nous tînmes
vous	vous tenez	vous teniez	vous tiendrez	vous tîntes
ils/elles	se tiennent	se tenaient	se tiendront	se tinrent

Collins French Verb Conjugation Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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